1. free, freed, liberty — Adjective meaning free, liberated, or released from bondage/obligation, used of manumitted slaves (Exod 21:2, 5, 26, 27; Deut 15:12, 13, 18; Jer 34:9–16), freed prisoners (Isa 58:6), and the dead who are 'free' from earthly concerns (Job 3:19; Ps 88:6). The second cluster (S98533, 3 occurrences) uses the prepositional phrase לַחָפְשִׁי 'to the free [state]' meaning 'to freedom/liberty,' but the lexeme itself retains its adjectival sense of 'free.' Multilingual evidence confirms a single meaning: eng 'free/freedom', spa 'libre/libertad', hin स्वतंत्र/स्वतन्त्रता, arb حُرّ, kor 자유로운, swa 'huru/uhuru.' 17×
AR["أَحْرَارًا","حُرًّا","حُرٌّ","حُرّاً","طَلِيقٌ"]·ben["মুক্ত","স্বাধীন","স্বাধীনভাবে","স্বাধীনভাবে।"]·DE["Freie","[חפשי]","befreien","free","frei","setzen-frei","zu-freedom"]·EN["free","set-free","to-freedom"]·FR["free","libre","libérer","à-freedom","חפשי"]·heb["חופשי","חופשים","ל-חופשי"]·HI["मुक्त","में-स्वतन्त्रता","स्वतंत्र","स्वतन्त्र"]·ID["bebas","merdeka","sebagai-orang bebas","terlepas"]·IT["[חפשי]","a-freedom","free","liberare","libero"]·jav["dados-tiyang-mardika","mardika","mardika.","merdika"]·KO["자유로","자유로-","자유로운","자유로운-자들로","자유로운-자로","자유로이","자유로이니","자유롭게"]·PT["abandonado","livre","livre?","livres","para-a-liberdade"]·RU["на-свободу","свободен","свободный","свободным","свободными"]·ES["a-la-libertad","libre","libres"]·SW["huru","kwa-uhuru","niko-huru"]·TR["bırakılmış","hür","ozgur","özgür","özgürlüğe"]·urd["آزاد","آزادی-سے"]
Exod 21:2, Exod 21:5, Exod 21:26, Exod 21:27, Deut 15:12, Deut 15:13, Deut 15:18, 1 Sam 17:25, Job 3:19, Job 39:5, Ps 88:5, Isa 58:6 (+5 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָפְשִׁי adj. free (NH id.)—ח׳ Ex 21:5 + 10 times + ψ 88:6; pl. חָפְשִׁים Is 58:6 + 4 times— 1. free from slavery: of Hebrew bondslave (male or female) set free in 7th year Ex 21:2, 5 (JE), Dt 15:12, 13, 18, cf. Je 34:9, 10, 11, 14, 16; of slave (male or female) set free on account of injury done Ex 21:26, 27 (JE); עֶבֶד ח׳ מֵאֲדֹנָיו Jb 3:19 a slave is free from his master (i.e. in Sheʾôl);…